Understanding means throwing away your knowledge.

Not by hatred is hatred conquered, but by love alone. This is an eternal law.

The supreme path is not to fabricate anything. The supreme meditation is not to be distracted.

Each of you is perfect the way you are... and you can use a little improvement.

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

The experience of emptiness engenders compassion.

The past is just a memory. The future is just a dream. Be here now.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

When we look directly at our thoughts, they dissolve like bubbles in water.

True happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through cultivation of altruism, of love, of compassion.

If you see certainty in that which is uncertain, you are bound to suffer.

The purpose of life is to be happy, to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is not to be well known, cited, or powerful.

Short moments, many times. That is the essence of meditation practice.

The true path is not difficult; just avoid picking and choosing.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

The eye with which I see Buddha is the same eye with which Buddha sees me.

The way to change others' minds is with affection, and not anger.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

The only things that are truly mine are my actions and their results.

Right practice is steady practice. Whether you feel lazy or diligent, just keep practicing.

The difference between being caught in thoughts and being mindful of thoughts is like the difference between being in a movie and watching a movie.

Impermanence, suffering, and non-self are not philosophical concepts but realities to be directly perceived through mindfulness practice.

If you want to understand suffering, you must look into the situation at hand. The teachings say that wherever a problem arises it must be settled right there.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

The world is its own magic.

People who study a lot but don't practice are like a ladle in a soup pot. It's in the soup every day, but it doesn't know the taste of the soup.

The practice of Dharma is a constant battle within oneself.